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Stage · ST101

Puppetry

Masked ritual plays and puppet and shadow repertoire, full of battle tales, gods and legends.

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String Marionettes

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Plays performed by string marionettes, which can carry a full-length drama on a few dozen threads.

Play · 1979 (first prize at a Ministry of Culture festival)

The Flaming MountainCreated by the Quanzhou Puppet Troupe from Journey to the West; nearly four thousand shows at home and abroadHuang XijunSE10066

Shadow Puppet Theatre

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Plays cast in lamplight on a screen, drawn from myths, historical romances and folk legends.

Play · Date unknown; a traditional play of eastern Hebei shadow theatre

The Wufeng GatheringNamed as a representative play in the national heritage entries for both Tangshan and Laoting shadow theatreshadow-puppet performers of eastern HebeiSE10065

Mulian Plays

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Multi-day ritual plays on Mulian rescuing his mother, interlaced with many short scenes of daily life.

Play · 1582 (written out and printed by Zheng Zhizhen)

Mulian Rescues His MotherWritten out and printed by Zheng Zhizhen of Qimen in 1582, in three volumesZheng ZhizhenSE10064

Rod Puppet Theatre

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Rod-puppet plays, from traditional opera scenes to today's puppet shows for children.

Play · 1981 (created and staged by the Yangzhou Prefecture Puppet Troupe)

Chang'e Flies to the MoonA large rod-puppet play staged in 1981 by the Yangzhou puppet troupe, sung in jingge style instead of Peking operathe creative team of the Yangzhou Prefecture Puppet TroupeSE10103

Dixi Ground Opera

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Masked martial plays of Anshun villagers, sung from historical romances of famous campaigns.

Play · Qing dynasty (the story is also told in the Rulian Jushi's novel)

Xue Dingshan's Western CampaignA long-running war story of Anshun ground opera; a troupe that performs it plays this one story aloneground-opera performers of the Anshun Tunpu villagesSE10068

Glove Puppet Theatre (Budaixi)

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Glove-puppet plays worked by one hand, rich in acrobatic fight scenes and delicate civil drama.

Play · May 1957 (first performed in Paris)

Daming PrefectureDevised on the spot at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris in 1957, and played without a single spoken linepuppeteers of the China Shadow and Puppet TroupeSE10067

Nuo Ritual Drama

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Masked plays staged within ritual, honouring gods, driving out evil and telling everyday stories.

Play · Qing dynasty (Nuo drama took shape in western Hunan in the Kangxi reign)

Meng JiangnüThe climax of the Nuo vow-fulfilment rite, in which Jiangnü and Fan Lang are honoured as the spirits who close the vowNuo ritual performers of HunanSE10069